
Weekly wild news from our reserves – 1 October 2021
This week, our volunteers have been making hay while the sun shines, there’s tonnes of toads and mega numbers of marvellous moths.
Starlings at Lackford Lakes - Mike Andrews
This week, our volunteers have been making hay while the sun shines, there’s tonnes of toads and mega numbers of marvellous moths.
This week our reserve teams saw an osprey feeding on the River Blyth, meadow saffron, tormentil and a dor beetle. Meanwhile essential reserve management continued.
The change of the season is always an exciting time and one we look forward to watching. Autumn feels different at different stages. Right now, we are in the early part of autumn (late September…
This week our reserve teams have been cutting back rides, marshes and fens and spreading orchid seeds for next year's flora.
This week our reserve teams saw greylag geese, a southern hawker, a parasol mushroom, grass of Parnassus, a robin's pincushion, saw sedge and lots more.
This week our reserve teams saw an adventurous mole, strawberry clover, mating sawflies, a frog and lots more...
This week our reserve teams have been busy mowing meadows and building a double-decker hide. They also spotted a wasp nest, an ant hill, marvellous moths and a ramshorn snail.
This week our reserve teams saw a wall brown butterfly, a hornet mimic hoverfly, a wasp spider and a great green bush cricket. Reserve management continued with marsh topping and bird hide…
This week our reserve teams spotted a garden tiger moth laying eggs, a pantaloon bee, carnivorous bladderwort, fen raft and wasp spiders and signs of water vole.
This week, our reserve teams have been busy bracken rolling and marsh topping, we got a new bird hide, hosted a photography course and spotted lots of amazing wildlife.